Letters: Correction about BMA(NI) call for swine flu funding

BMA Northern Ireland (BMA(NI)) has not requested £55 million to tackle the pandemic.

The minister for health, Michael McGimpsey, requested this amount on 7 July 2009, and this request was refused by finance minister Sammy Wilson.

Following this, BMA(NI) issued a press statement calling for a united response from the Northern Ireland Assembly leadership, and stating that there is no option but to fund preparations to tackle the pandemic given the predicted rise in flu cases.